# Index pattern with alias name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-with-alias-name/151480>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-with-alias-name/151480 "2018-10-08T14:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![chandra0651](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chandra0651/32/30484_2.png) [@chandra0651](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandra0651)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-with-alias-name/151480/1 "2018-10-08T14:50:02Z")

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Hello i have four different type of indices which will have same alias name associated with it , now i want to create a index pattern as this alias name so that i can view or get all the data under discover tab. But when i go to the kibana management and type in the alias name i was not able to create the alias as index pattern, i am using 6.2.1 version of ES and Kibana

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-pattern-with-alias-name/151480/2 "2018-11-05T14:50:05Z")

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